Quebec: A Historical Geography Contributor(s): Courville, Serge (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774814268 ISBN-13: 9780774814263 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - General - History | United States - General - History | Historical Geography |
Dewey: 971.447 |
LCCN: 2008431008 |
Physical Information: 364 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this richly documented work, Serge Courville tells the geographical history of Quebec from the appearance of the first humans through to the present day. This detailed and erudite book maps major stages of Quebec's development, providing a geographical record of the many social relationships that over time created a sense of place. Landscape, Courville shows, is the keeper of memory, the record of successive changes, and a witness to the genesis of the new. Places that were once agricultural, then left to waste and ruin, are today revivified by tourism. Areas that now house office buildings were long ago open playgrounds where children ruled. Drawing on vast research, Courville shows how, in spite of the turbulence Quebec often endures - or perhaps because of it - the land itself may be seen as an important participant in the history of its peoples. Quebec: A Historical Geography was originally published by Les Presses de l'Universit Laval as Le Qu bec: Gen ses et mutations du territoire. |